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Animation Intro Survey

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name

Class

Date

What does CGI mean?

Comic Generated Images

A ratings board

A government agency

Computer Generated Images

Planning out an animation starts with creating a:

storyboard

set of cutouts

podcast

photo sequence

One image in an animation is a....

drawing

frame

keyframe

What does FPS stand for?

flip paper starts

frames per second

frogs per start

fractions per start

How many frames per second is a typical animation?

Which animation term means: the ability to see the previous position of an object

Keyframe

Stopframe

Onion Skinning

Tweening

How should you turn in your finished computer animation assignments?

Email them to the teacher

Submit to Google Classroom

Print and leave on teacher's desk

Save to your desktop folder

If you need extra time to finish your computer work you should... (select all possible correct answers)

Try to finish it at home, even though you don't have the right computer software

Schedule a time with the teacher to use the classroom computers and get extra help if needed

Speak with the teacher ASAP so you don't miss learning important animation techniques

Show up to the classroom during your free time WITHOUT making previous arrangements and/or without a pass

Don't say anything about your unfinished work and just wait until the last week of the marking period to make it up

What is stop motion animation?

Animation done by drawing and freezing frames every once and a while

Stopping motion with animation

Cinematic process using claymation or puppet-based animation

10.

The process of automatically generating the intermediate frames between the two key frames is known as...

Rendering

Rotoscoping

Tweening

Animating

11.

This movement prepares the audience for a major action the character is about to perform, such as, starting to run, jump or change expression. Examples are a pitcher's wind-up or a golfers' back swing.

Anticipation

Arcs

Staging

Slow In and Slow Out

12.

Corresponds to what would be called charisma in an actor. A character who is not necessarily sympathetic – villains or monsters can also fall under this principle – the important thing is that the viewer feels the character is real and interesting

Follow Through and Overlap

Appeal

Exaggeration

Solid Drawing

13.

Most actions follow a slightly circular path. This is especially true of the human figure and the action of animals. Give animation a more natural action and better flow. Examples are a pendulum swinging, arm movement, head turns and even eye movements.

Arcs

Anticipation

Appeal

Secondary Actions

14.

This principle describes an action that remains true to reality, just presenting it in a wilder, more extreme form

Exaggeration

Squash and Stretch

Straight Ahead Versus Pose to Straight Ahead Versus Pose to Pose

Timing

15.

The action that follows the main action; actions do not stop at the same time.

Follow Through and Overlap

Arcs

Solid Drawing

Secondary Actions

16.

This action adds to and enriches the main action and adds more dimension to the character animation, supplementing and/or re-enforcing the main action.

Secondary Actions

Squash and Stretch

Appeal

Anticipation

17.

Principle with more drawings near the beginning and end of an action, emphasizing the extreme poses, and fewer in the middle. Most objects need time to accelerate and slow down, this principle softens the action, making it more life-like

Slow In and Slow Out

Follow Through and Overlap

Exaggeration

Appeal

18.

This principle means taking into account forms in three-dimensional space, or giving them volume and weight. The animator needs to be a skilled artist and has to understand the basics of 3D shapes, anatomy, weight, balance, light and shadow, etc

Solid Drawing

Staging

Appeal

Follow Through and Overlap

19.

Gives the illusion of weight and volume to a character as it moves. It is used in all forms of character animation from a bouncing ball to the body weight of a person walking.

Squash and Stretch

Straight Ahead Versus Pose to Pose

Exaggeration

Slow In and Slow Out

20.

Its purpose is to direct the audience's attention, and make it clear what is of greatest importance in a scene. This can be done by the placement of a character in the frame, the use of light and shadow, or the angle and position of the camera

Staging

Squash and Stretch

Exaggeration

Anticipation

21.

One means drawing out a scene frame by frame from beginning to end, while the other involves starting with drawing a few key frames, and then filling in the intervals later

Straight Ahead Versus Pose to Pose

Squash and Stretch

Appeal

Anticipation

22.

This principle makes objects appear to obey the laws of physics; for instance, an object's weight determines how it reacts to an action, like a push. Critical for establishing a character's mood, emotion, and reaction.

Timing

Arcs

Solid Drawing

Anticipation

23.

What do we call our character models when animating them? (select all correct options)

The name of the character

Digital Puppet

a cartoon

Character Rig

24.

Motion Capture and Performance Capture have eliminated the need for animators.

True

False

25.

Something an animator needs to apply for work.

An awesome demo reel

A Master's Degree

Super powers

College/University connections

Reset

Animation Intro Survey

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

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